Eight words of Tsinghua school motto
Tsinghua University's school motto comes from two sentences in the Book of Changes: one is "Heaven is healthy, and gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination); One sentence is "the terrain is Kun, and the gentleman carries things with morality" (Kun Gua).
Tsinghua's school motto "Strive for Self-improvement, be virtuous and carry things" comes from a speech entitled "Gentleman" made by Liang Qichao in Tsinghua University in the winter of 19 14.
191410/in June, Liang Qichao gave a speech in Tsinghua, and inspired students with two images in Zhouyi, namely, "Heaven is strong, gentlemen strive for self-improvement" (dry divination) and "The rich in the earth, gentlemen carry things with great virtue" (Kun divination). Liang Qichao's impassioned speech deeply inspired the students in Tsinghua. Later, Tsinghua University's motto was "Strive for Self-improvement, Be Virtuous and Carry Things".
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Tsinghua University's predecessor, Tsinghua Academy, was founded in 19 1 1. The school name "Tsinghua" originated from the school site "Tsinghua Campus", which was a preparatory school for studying in the United States founded by the Qing government. The funds for its establishment came from 1908, part of boxer indemnity returned by the United States. 19 12 was renamed Tsinghua school. 1928 changed its name to National Tsinghua University.
1937 after the full-scale outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it moved south to Changsha and jointly established the National Temporary University of Changsha with the State Peking University and the private Nankai University. /kloc-moved to Kunming in 0/938 and changed its name to National Southwest Associated University. 1946 moved back to Tsinghua campus. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded 1949, and Tsinghua University entered a new stage of development. From 65438 to 0952, China's universities were reorganized into multidisciplinary industrial universities. Starting from 1978, it gradually recovered and developed into a comprehensive research university.
Tsinghua, Shui Mu, Yu Xiu, Zhong Ling and Tsinghua University adhere to the school motto of "constantly striving for self-improvement, respecting virtue and doing good" and the school spirit of "actions speak louder than words", adhere to the school-running style of "integrating Chinese and Western, connecting ancient and modern times, infiltrating arts and sciences" and the training characteristics of "being red, specialized and all-round", and carry forward the tradition of "patriotic dedication, pursuing Excellence" and the spirit of "humanistic renewal". Just like the couplets in the I-shaped hall on the campus of Tsinghua-"The mountains outside the threshold are extraordinary after spring, summer, autumn and winter; Clouds in the window make things come and go, and it is Xianju. "
Baidu Encyclopedia-Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University News Network-Tsinghua University's motto is self-improvement and morality.